Canada Quotes
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We're either going to be dependent on dirty oil from the Gulf or dirty oil from Canada.
Hillary Clinton
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It's so Canada. On some level, you laugh, but on another level, it's just depressing. We pride ourselves: We're not like the bad old U.S. where they had segregation, whites-only washrooms and hotels. We think we were the capital of the Underground Railroad, we were the place to where the slaves escaped, we were a much better country. But in fact, some of the black people in Canada at the time said, 'It's actually much easier in the United States because you know which hotels, restaurants, theatres won't let you in because the signs are there. In Canada, you never know.'
Constance Backhouse
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President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.
Conan O'Brien
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It was a long hard bumpy road, but this great country kept me inspired with its beauty, character, and spirit, driving me to keep marching on and devoted to sing about its people and places that make Canada the greatest country in the world
Stompin' Tom Connors
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My dad had this thing - everyone in Canada wants to play hockey; that's all they want to do. So when I was a kid, whenever we skated my dad would not let us on the ice without hockey sticks, because of this insane fear we would become figure skaters!
Norm MacDonald
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This gives us no pleasure, ... Canada is not a nation that rushes to embrace the use of force. We do not lightly endorse military action. For us it is always the last resort.
Jean Chretien
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I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to me that the interests of my country are identical with those of the United States of America.
Wilfrid Laurier
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Canada calls on all parties to engage in an open and peaceful dialogue in a spirit of political reconciliation to promote a functioning, multi-party parliamentary democracy in Ethiopia.
Pierre Pettigrew
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In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.
John G. Diefenbaker
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I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years.
Neil Peart Rush
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My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars.
William Shatner
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Before Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, there was the same sort of talk of young men sacrificing their lives so that a country might grow - that somehow it had been a great nation-building success for Newfoundland.
Michael Winter
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Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party.
Robin Williams
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Sam Kinison, when he started out, he'd come to Canada when I was first starting, and he'd always bomb.
Norm MacDonald
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The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid.
Bill Gates
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My wife's from Canada, and we're Canadian citizens.
Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth
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Because I was a champion swimmer in Canada, they're always trying to get me in the water in movies! I've drawn the line now with this film. No more water!
Estella Warren
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God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself.
Norman Angell
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We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. "Why do this," you may ask? Because it'll be fun.
Rick Mercer
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The twentieth century belongs to Canada.
Wilfrid Laurier
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About three months after I had Kelly, I went and played in Canada. I felt great, I was ready to go and I was very energetic. But as soon as I started playing, I thought 'no, too soon.' I went back home and slept for two days.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
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In 1628 came the first English attack on Canada.
Harry Johnston
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The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is.
Steve Buscemi
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Canada is our country. It belongs to us and we belong to it. Let us join together, in our time, and make history once again.
Paul Martin